Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCentral Banks vs. Reality: Gold’s Signal in a War Economy
Episode 170
On the latest episode of Minor Issues, Mark Thornton discusses the recent whiplash in precious metals: historic run-ups, sharp pullbacks, and renewed…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
What Would a Strategic Victory Look Like in Iran?
Episode 227
Foreign policy scholar Brandan Buck join Ryan McMaken to talk about whether or not a US tactical victory in Iran can lead to a strategic victory as w…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Can AI Solve the Socialist Calculation Problem?
Episode 543
Bob untangles two arguments that even Austrian economists sometimes conflate: Mises' calculation problem and Hayek's knowledge problem. Then, he expl…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Murray N. Rothbard and the Truth About Central Banking
Episode 10
Drawing on Rothbard's writings on money and central banking, Murray Sabrin makes the case that inflation is a hidden tax, the Federal Reserve is neit…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Murray N. Rothbard on the Capitalist-Entrepreneur
Episode 7
Dr. Per Bylund unpacks Rothbard's concept of the capitalist entrepreneur as the economy's true mover and shaker: the figure who not only forecasts fu…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
What Rothbard Can Teach the Public About Inequality
Episode 8
Drawing on Rothbard's essay on inequality and the division of labor, Dr. Lucas Engelhardt argues that human diversity is the very foundation of compa…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
What Rothbard Can Teach the Public about Public Economics
Episode 9
Dr. Tate Fegley uses Rothbard's theory of demonstrated preference to dismantle the mainstream public goods framework, showing that claims of market f…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
What Rothbard Can Teach the Informed Layperson About Prices and Competition
Episode 6
Drawing on Man, Economy, and State, Dr. Jonathan Newman walks through Rothbard's theory of price formation and competition, showing that prices refle…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
Atlanta, TSA, and a Test Case for Interventionist Non-Intervention
The TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized se…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
America's TSA Meltdown
Episode 36
On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Tho, and Connor talk about the historic waits thanks to DC's monopoly on airport security, and Joe Kent's …
4 weeks ago